It's surprisingly quite noticably more energetic, lesspredictably repetitious and electronically more adventurous thananything I've ever heard out of them. Luckily that energy carriesthroughout the remainder, with a musical variety accented (yet neveroverpowered) by breathy voices, more involved horns and tactfulelectronic noodling than before. All the basic elements like themelodic multiple guitar melodies and pulsating bass guitar are present,plus an impressive improvement on both drum playing and sounds effects.The songs range from the jamming upbeat openers, through the moresubtle and haunting "Chinatown," with sparse guitars and thicklyplucked bass to the angelic almost Christmas-like "Reitschule" (RidingSchool in German). While there were certainly some moments on previousalbums which went on way too long, the songs here are feverent, yetreserved and captivating enough to be thoroughly enjoyed without beingtempted to reach for the skip button. At seven songs/49 minutes, it'sperfectly enjoyable in one sitting, whether you're at work, at homemaking dinner, or driving around the town. - Read More
